Clothes-line operator and holder



E.. & 0. E. HEGHT. CLOTHES LINE OPERATOR AND HOLDER.

(ModeL) Patented Feb. 19, 1895.

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EPHRAIM HEOHT AND CHARLES E. I'IECHT, OF NEWVARK, NE? JERSEY.

CLOTH ES-LlNE OPERATOR AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 53%264, dated February19, 1895.

Application filed July 30,1894. Serial No. 518,925. (Model) To all whomit 11mg concern;

Be it known that we, EPHRAIM HECHT and CHARLES E. HEOHT, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex-and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Line Operators and Holders; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate and render more easy theoperation of working clothes lines, such as are used in connection withtenements and are stretched from the windows to the pulleys upon thepole stationed at a distance from the house.

The invention consists in the improved clothes line operator or worker,and in the arrangements and combinations of the parts, substantially aswill be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of theclaim.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawin gs, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 isa front elevation of the improved device. Fig. 2 is an elevation of thebracket, in detail, to which the worker is secured. Fig. 3 is a sideview of the worker, showing the groove formed to receive said bracket,and Fig. 4 is a section taken at line, as.

In said drawings, a, indicates a bracket having on the outer facethereof, a dove-tail tongue, extending longitudinally thereon. b, is aframe having at one edge or side thereof, a groove, 6, correspondingwith said dovetail tongue, which is, at its upper end, closed to providea stop, I)", by means ofwhich'the frame is prevented from falling fromthe bracket. The said frame is thus adapted to slide, vertically, onsaid bracket and is very easily and quickly withdrawn therefrom. To giverigidity to the frame on said bracket, we have provided said frame withset screws, 0, having heads, d, adapted to engage the window casing atopposite sides of the said tongue or bracket, so that, when screwed up,there will be no looseness of the worker on the from the window. Thesaid rollers are operated by a crank, h, arranged on a shaft, h, withone of said rollers, the said shaft being also provided with a cogwheel, 2, which meshes with a corresponding cog wheel, 1", upon a shaft,j, with the second roller.

By means of the cogs meshing with one another as described, therope-clamping rollers are operated simultaneously and together when thecrank is turned. One of the said rollers is arranged in adjustablebearings so that the said roller may be forced'nearer to or drawn fromthe other, and, thus, the friction upon the rope be increased ordiminished. To secure the desired adjustment of rollers, we haveprovidedla sliding yoke, k, in the arms, In, of which, the roller shaft,j, is journaled. The side walls of the sectional frame, are providedwith grooves for the arms of the yoke, which arms extend from saidgrooves through perforations in the-upper sides of the frame.

Above the frame, the arms of the yoke are connected, the connectingportion, 70'', providing a threaded bearing for an adjusting screw, Z.Said adjusting screw is arranged in said threaded bearing, and isconnected with the upper face of the frame, so that, as said screw isturned, the yoke is raised or lowered, as will be apparent.

The yoke is preferably made in sections, to enable the shaft, j, to beplaced therein. The

sections are pinned together, as at m, Fig. '1.

Said partition is an independent piece, and is clamped between thesections of the frame, I), in any suitable manner.

The frame is provided with an eye, 0, by which the device can besuspended from a suitable nail or pin when not in use. The heads, (1, ofthe screws, 0, are removable from said screws to allow of the withdrawalof the latter from the frame, so that the said frame can be taken apart.Said heads are in pivoted sections held together upon the screws byclamping or holding screws, (1, in any suitable manner.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is- 1. Aclothes line worker in which is combined with a bracket having adove-tailed rib, and a frame having a groove corresponding thereto, setscrews arranged on opposite sides of said frame and provided with headsto engage the window frame, grooved friction rollers, g, g, cog wheels,and crank, all arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

2. A clothes line worker, in which is combined with the frame having ashaft, h,journaled in said frame and carrying a roller, g, cog wheel,'6, and crank, h, a yoke, 70, adj ustably arranged in said. frame andproviding journal bearings for a sh aft, j, carrying afriction roller,g, and cog wheel, 1', co-operating with the cog wheel and friction wheelof the shaft, h, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 27th day of June, 1894. i EPI-IRAIM HEOI-IT.

CHAS. E. I-IEOHT. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, LoUIsA BRowNE.

